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Police to give Mississippi lawmakers report cards as they tackle criminal justice reform, prison crisis
The move is a political muscle-flex likely to have a major impact on criminal justice reform and other legislation at the Capitol.
The move is a political muscle-flex likely to have a major impact on criminal justice reform and other legislation at the Capitol.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the 6-3 majority opinion that ensured a Benton County woman could keep parental rights of her two children.
AG Lynn Fitch dropped charges against Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Winona who had been tried from murder in six trials over 24 years.
A Columbus official allegedly embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars — one of the largest municipal embezzlement cases in recent years.
Sixteen-year-old William Haymon has spent more than 500 days in an adult jail in rural Lexington, Mississippi. There are no state rules governing how long a person can be incarcerated without being formally charged with a crime.
A high profile prison reform group is urging Mississippi lawmakers to override Gov. Tate Reeves’ veto of a criminal justice bill that would have made thousands of inmates eligible for parole, though it’s unclear whether lawmakers have the votes to do so.
The 30-foot Confederate monument had greeted visitors at the University of Mississippi’s main entrance since it was erected in 1906.
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